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Business News > Mint Authors > Manu S Pillai

Manu S Pillai

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY MANU S PILLAI

Colonel Munro, who was appointed resident and ‘diwan’ of Travancore in 1812, ensured that temples had to pay tribute to the Company.

Opinion | The Colonial state and India’s gods

4 min read . 09 Nov 2018

The grave of Malika Kishwar at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Malika Kishwar: A forgotten Indian queen in Paris

5 min read . 12 Jan 2018

The Rama Retold; and (right) Aubrey Menen.

A Sita we must not know

4 min read . 25 Aug 2017

Balamani. Photo: Roli Books

The resurrection of Balamani

4 min read . 21 Jul 2017

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue M.S. Golwalkar.

Decoding RSS ideologue M.S. Golwalkar’s nationalism

5 min read . 15 Jul 2017

Indira Gandhi declaring Emergency on 25 June 1975. Photo: Hindustan Times

Lessons to learn from the Emergency

5 min read . 24 Jun 2017

Book covers of India Conquered (left); and Keeping the Jewel in the crown (right).

What if there was no British Raj?

4 min read . 31 Mar 2017

Lord Curzon pictured leaving 10 Downing Street, London, in 1923. Photo: Getty Images

Power, prejudice and Curzon

5 min read . 17 Mar 2017

An 18th century painting of Padmini. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Manufacturing the fable of Padmavati

4 min read . 10 Feb 2017

Why Periyar would have led today’s ‘anti-nationals’

4 min read . 24 Dec 2016